Meaning and history
From an English surname meaning “son of Emery.” The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), the American writer and philosopher associated with transcendentalism.
20062006: 1,069 births, rank #307
2007: 1,080 births, rank #312
2008: 1,165 births, rank #290
2009: 1,017 births, rank #323
2010: 1,010 births, rank #316
20112011: 1,151 births, rank #275
2012: 1,313 births, rank #245
2013: 1,525 births, rank #211
2014: 1,683 births, rank #196
2015: 1,798 births, rank #180
20162016: 1,962 births, rank #161
2017: 1,978 births, rank #150
2018: 1,948 births, rank #143
2019: 1,865 births, rank #152
2020: 1,793 births, rank #155
20212021: 1,743 births, rank #168
2022: 1,724 births, rank #169
2023: 1,774 births, rank #161
2024: 1,971 births, rank #151
20252025: 2,241 births, rank #122
Emerson rose from #151 to #122 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 2,241.